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On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro—to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. Che's rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero, is documented. After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.

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I spent a month in Cuba following the path of the revolution from Santiago to Santa Clara (and beyond from Barracoa to Maria La Gorda) and wanted to complete the journey vicariously from Argentina to Bolivia. This film, based on Che's diaries does that for me. The acting is superb, the story well told without propaganda, and whole is a moving experience. To have been to places shown in the film, to have seen the museum artifacts, and to have spoken with Cubans who lived through the revolution was a privilege.

After watching the film, I couldn't decide if I had just watched a difficult, unweildy classic, or if I had watched a by-the-numbers mess. After listening to Soderburgh's interviews on dsic 3, I can only conclude that this movie was a vanity project by Del Toro, and a cash grab for Soderburgh.

There are moments of brilliance in this film, but they are few and far between. Other reviewers for the Criterion Edition noted that the fiom is 4.5 hours of people sitting in the jungle, and that is largely what it is. Soderburgh offers NO perspective on Che, and oddly enough, Del Toro is rarely on-screen. That being said, when Del Toro is on screen, he does a haunting depiction of Che, probably about as good as could be expected.

Soderburgh shot this entire film with the new handheld RED Camera, and it's an interesting stylistic choice. The colors have a subdued tone, but with vivid detail. It is in stark contrast to the stylistic blue washed Defiance, and works to draw you in to the film, as if it were a documentary.

I really got the feeling that Soderburgh dropped the ball with this film. I think to make a movie on such a polarizing figure as Che, you have to have an opinion, or at the very least, you should include the controversial aspects of his life.